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If you’re truly a Batman aficionado, at one point in your life, you’ve wanted a stylish watch just like Batman. A watch capable of calling the Batmobile at a moments notice or to request that Alfred prepare a hot cup of Earl Grey before the return home from an all night crime-fighting escapade. However, this Batman watch is a salt ...

Before you pop enough wood to start a paper mill, you should know that these are scale models of roller coasters. At 1:48 scale, they’re no tiny LEGO bricks. This is a real, working roller coaster that uses gravity to fling it left and right, up and down. Shown above is the Dragon, a $500 model that has an electric ...

Sega Toys has revealed its latest model in the Homestar �Home Planetarium� series. It’s been over a year since the last Homestar debuted and just when you thought Sega Toys was running out of artificial planetarium ideas, they announce the Homestar Spa. Yes, a home planetarium designed specifically for the bathroom. Taking a shit while staring at the stars was ...

Just because you’re having fun in the sun doesn’t give you carte blanche to look like shit. Up your game with these funky new sunglasses from Kid Robot. Designed in partnership with COLAB, these limited edition shades will only have 100 pairs of each color printed up. They’re available in pink, white and blue and cost a modest $145. Buy ...

Combining surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding, designer Francesco Sommacal has come up with the mother of extreme sports. Winner of the 2007 Volvo Sportdesign Concept Award, the “360” is the all-in-one sports activity. Not to be confused with the Xbox 360, the 360’s ‘board’ has the users feet rest on a platform/slot in the center of the wheel as opposed to ...

BoingBoing has a great find today. It’s a Papa Johns pizza delivery advertisement. The catch? It sticks to your door right below your peephole. When you peer out, it looks like a guy is delivering a fresh, hot pizza pie to your door. If only it were true. Link

That son of a bitch. Looks like Ben Heckendorn, console hacker extraordinaire, has created a one-handed Xbox 360 controller. Not only is it the wireless version and ridiculous, it’s also for sale. Yes, Ben has decided to step outside his box of making one-off portable consoles and has created a controller that will be readily available for purchase. For the ...

T-Mobile has announced yet another themed Sidekick device. This time, skateboard legend Tony Hawk will be taking the reigns of the design team, creating a communications device that’s bound to please teenagers everywhere. Aside from the cool, blue graphics on the screen, the bottom of the device will have a grip-tape-like surface similar to that of a real skateboard. There’s ...

Popular Mechanics has a must-read guide up for PS3 owners alike. If you’ve been interested in putting Linux on your Playstation 3 and need a little help getting things done, then this guide was made for you. You’ll end up replacing the hard drive and gaining the ability to dual-boot between Linux and the PS3 OS, allowing for open-source computing ...

Since purchasing a DSLR last year, my major problem hasn’t been related to having a good time, but rather endlessly worrying if my camera will be lost, stolen or broken. I haven’t had a chance to use the Eye-Fi wireless SD card yet, but I’ve heard plenty of good things. Now I have another reason to pick one up: security. ...